Faculty Credentials

Andy Ballantyne
BMus Music Performance – Jazz Studies – University of Toronto
Diploma in Music – Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Professor, teaching Theory, Contemporary Music Orchestration, Ensemble

Shirantha Beddage
DMA – Eastman School of Music
MMus – William Paterson University
BMus – British Columbia Open University
Professor, teaching Contemporary Music Theory and Improv

Rob Bulger
Diploma in Music – Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Professor, teaching Ensemble, Private Lessons Guitar

Denny Christianson
Diploma in Ed – McGill University
BFA – Concordia University
Program Co-ordinator, teaching Big Band Ensemble

Peter Cook
MMus – McGill University
BMus – McGill University
Professor, teaching Master Class in Music Production, Contemporary Methods of Recording

Brian Dickinson
MA Music – New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Keyboard Department Head;  Professor, teaching Private Lessons Piano, Ensembles, Advanced Jazz Theory and Performance Practice, Keyboard Master Classes

Mike Downes
MA Composition – York University
BMus – McGill University
Bass Department Head;  Professor, teaching Private Lessons Bass, Bass Master Classes

Reuben Ghose
MMus – McGill University
BMus – McGill University
Professor, teaching Introduction to Music Technologies

Kelsley Grant
MA Music – Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
BMus – McGill University
Professor, teaching Private Lessons Trombone

Will Jarvis
MA – York University
BMus – Thompson Rivers University / Humber College
Professor, teaching private lessons, masterclass, ensemble

Al Kay
Diploma in Music – Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Brass Department Head;  Professor, teaching Private Lessons Trombone, Contemporary Music Theory and Improv, Brass Master Classes

Brad Klump
MME – Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
BMus – McGill University
Academic Advisor; Ethnomusicology, History of Contemporary Music, Critical Perspectives of Contemporary Music

Pat LaBarbera
Diploma in Arranging/Composition – Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
Full-Time Faculty; Private Lessons Saxophone, Ensemble, Advanced Improvisation, Master Class

Jim Lewis
MA Jazz Performance – University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
BMus – British Columbia Open University
Diploma in Jazz Performance – Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Professor, teaching Creative Development, Contemporary Music Theory and Improv

Steve Mancuso
MMus – York University
BMus – Humber College/Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
Professor

Lisa Martinelli
MA – York University
BEd – University of Toronto
BMus – University of Toronto
Voice Department Head; Professor teaching private lessons, masterclass, ensembles

Mike McClennan
MA Music – University of Toronto
BMusic Performance – University of Toronto
Professor, teaching Private Lessons Bass, Vocal Improv

Dave Neill
MA Music – University of Toronto
BA Music Performance Jazz Studies- University of Toronto
Professor, teaching Contemporary Music Theory and Analysis

Mark Promane
BEd – University of Toronto
BA Music – University of Western Ontario
Woodwind Department Head; Professor, teaching Private Lessons Saxophone, Ensemble, Woodwind Master Class

Andrew Scott
PhD – York University
MA Musicology – New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA
Diploma in Music – Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Professor, teaching Private Lessons Guitar, Theory, Music Business

Gord Sheard
PhD Musicology – York University
BFA Music – York University
Professor, teaching Composition, Music Theory, Music History and Brazilian Ensemble

Paul Swoger-Ruston
PhD (Composition) – University of Plymouth (UK)
MA – York University
Professor, teaching Contemporary Music Theory and Improv

Ian Terry
Professor, teaching Esthetics in Recorded Sound, Masterclass in Music Production

Joshua Tidsbury
MMus – McGill University
BSc – University of Lethbridge
Professor, teaching Advanced Music Production

Richard Whiteman
BA Music – University of Toronto
Professor, teaching Private Lessons Piano, Ensemble, Functional Keyboard